Monday, August 3, 2009

MOSCOW - Russian soccer fans have been told to drink whisky on their trip to Wales for next month's World Cup qualifier to ward off the Swine flu virus, the head of the country's supporter association (VOB) said Monday."We urge our fans to drink a lot of Welsh whisky as a form of disinfection," VOB head Alexander Shprygin told Reuters."That should cure all symptoms of the disease."Russia's Health Ministry has issued a public warning against traveling to Britain because of the spread of the Swine virus.

"Health officials say this virus is very dangerous but being a fan myself I can tell you that for a real fan nothing is more important than the well-being of the team," said Shprygin, who also sits on the executive board of the Russian FA."Russian fans don't fear anything or anybody so this virus will not stand in our way of supporting our team."